On Windows, Quick Removal allows safe drive removal without ejecting, but the feature isn't perfect. Mac systems rely on safe ejection due to background tasks like Time Machine backups, while Linux ...

No matter how conscientious you are about handling your external storage devices with care, it's probably happened to you: you were in a rush and yanked out your USB drive without ejecting it. On the ...

Don't try to eject a drive when you've got files open or are copying large amounts of data to or from it. If nothing seems to be using the drive, use Terminal to highlight any background services that ...

Apple's Mac computers are popular for many reasons, among being a premium build quality that's meant to last. The recent refresh favoring Apple's in-house M-series of chips has only boosted ...

I'm working on this old iMac (350Mhz) which booted up the "Folder ?" deal. So I pop in the Norton CD to boot it up. Norton wants to format the drive. What the? Instead, I get it to check the drive ...

After removing the tray and the CD, and replacing the tray, the drive is non-functioning.<BR><BR>I had one extra drive, luckily, but no more after this one. Is there some way to disable the hardware ...

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We use the USB ports on our computers for accessing a variety of useful (and sometimes strange) USB gadgets. Often, these ports serve a temporary purpose, allowing users to plug in a USB stick and ...